Melanesian
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Melanesian
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- Of or relating to Melanesia. While Melanesian cannibals make "long pig," barbecuing enemies, legal and political cannibals in San Francisco put a beautiful wealthy woman, Penny Penny Hill, on trial for murder […]
noun Melanesians
- A Melanesian person. Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 peo
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adj referring to Melanesia
| Español | melanesio |
|---|---|
| Português | melanésio |
| Français | mélanésien |
| Italiano | melanesiano |
| Русский | меланези́йский melanɛzíjskij |
noun person living in or coming from Melanesia
| Français | Mélanésien, Mélanésienne |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Melanesier, Melanesierin |
| Italiano | melanesiano, melanesiana |
| Русский | меланези́ец melanɛzíjec, меланези́йка melanɛzíjka |
Talk about this word "Melanesian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/melanesian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Melanesian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/melanesian "Melanesian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/melanesian.
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@misc{melanesian_2026,
title = {Melanesian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melanesian},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
